What Makes America Great

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What Makes America Great
Have you ever compared our country to any other? If so, did you see the tremendous difference in the way people are treated and the way they act there vs. in America? I believe that a person’s own rights and freedoms is what makes America great. People of America can speak critically of their own government, women can walk proud and fearless, and our government was designed to be corrected as society goes through changes.
People in other countries such as Communism China and Afghanistan never venture to express their ideas to anyone about their own political system or their own country because it is known that there will be serious consequences that will follow. Yet in America, the constitution amendments give us the right to freedom of speech. We have a right to criticize our political system and the people who run it as well as anything else that come to our minds. We will not be ticketed, thrown in jail, beaten, or worse yet killed for what we choose to say. Though in other third world countries, these horrible things can happen plus things like disgracing your family and being banned from the city or country.
As a young woman, women’s rights and freedoms are very important to me. My ancestors as far back as thousands of years have worked their way up the ladder from being taught and known nothing other than to be the primary caregiver and house keeper to what we know now to be educated, employed, and successful females. Women of other countries may never have the chance to receive and education, let alone hold a job. I know of a woman in Afghanistan who did receive her Doctorate degree in medicine but she was forbidden to practice medicine because she was a woman. Also, throughout American history we have earned respect from everyone surrounding us. We can walk along the streets without wearing scarves to cover out face and to be able to walk the streets alone without being considered “l...